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Wednesday, 12 August 2015

CURRENT AFFAIRS: Nigeria to Conduct Another National Census in 2016 & It Will Cost N273 Billion Naira

Nigeria would
require a total of N273 billion to successfully conduct next year’s
national census, National Population Commission, NPC said on Monday. This came as President Mohammadu Buhari has charged the Commission,
National Identity Management Commission, Federal Road Safety Commission,
Independent National Electoral Commission, among others to ensure the
harmony of the biometric data of all Nigerians.

According to the president, the harmonized system would cut cost and also give credibility to the country’s electoral process.

Buhari who gave the charge after receiving a briefing on the activities
of the National Population Commission from the Chairman, Eze Duru
Iheoma (SAN), who led other National Commissioners to the Presidential
Villa, President Buhari wondered why each agency would gather its own
biometric data, when such data could easily be shared.

“It will
be more cost effective if you work together. It helps even the
credibility of the election process, as Nigerians of voting age can be
identified easily,” he said.

President Buhari added that all the agencies should work collaboratively,
instead of going in different directions, stressing that adequate data
was necessary for planning and development in any country.

Earlier, Eze Duru Iheoma told the President that about N273 billion
would be required for the commission to conduct a national census next
year, 10 years after the last exercise, as stipulated by the United
Nations, saying that about N10 billion of the amount would be needed
immediately. He told the President that a biometric-based
census was being proposed, stressing that it would eliminate multiple
respondents, ghost respondents and make the outcome easy to audit.

Anoda
avenue to rip us off, what did they do with the figure gotten from the
last counts or Is it the aftermath of the National ID card. What value
and preposition does it all portend? Abeg there are a lot of valued
added modalities that needs funding

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I am originally from Rumuji Port-Harcourt but presently live in Lagos. I am a Nigerian blogger, website designer, Freelancer, Internet Marketer, the MD/CEO of ‘Edeson InfoTech Global Services’ and the Editor –In-Chief of ‘Edeson Online News’. I founded my Freelance company, Edeson InfoTech Global Service in 2009 and Edeson Online News started in 2011. I have clients in Nigeria and abroad.